Self-Driving Cars Are you prepared to give up the control of your personal vehicle to reduce or even stop traffic related deaths and injuries? Over the years that figure continues to rise; now we’re doing something about it. Google have produced one of the several autonomous vehicles that exist today and they are testing them on public roads in busy cities. Some experts believe autonomous vehicles might reduce or even stop traffic related deaths and injuries. Since last year‚ according to Amanda
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Solve for X (Self-Driving Car Project‚ n.d.) reports that a self-driving car is just that‚ a vehicle that drives itself without the interaction of a human needed. Sensors make the cars constantly aware of what is around them in all directions and allow them to drive safely in “many complicated scenarios on city streets” (Solve for X‚ Self-Driving Car Project‚ n.d.) Of course‚ there are chances for mechanical or electronic failures and Davies (2016) reports that‚ at current‚ the cars can make bad decisions
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Minimum Driving Age Should Be Raised Teenage accident rates and mortality rates have increased dramatically over the years. Nothing that the parents do and law enforces will protect the teens all the time‚ especially from themselves. Teenagers do not realize the responsibility that comes with driving. They are often distracted with other things such as texting while driving. Most importantly‚ parents always worry about the safety of their kids on the road. Some people may say that the driving age should
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16 Year Olds and Driving Permits Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of death among teenagers in the United States. A question among many debaters is if teens should be allowed to drive at the age of 16‚ what about if it affects the driver to drive with other teens‚ also if it affects the driver to be driving at night. I will list the positives and negatives of these the questions‚ and you‚ the reader‚ may choose your side. In 1998‚ 38% of deaths from all causes among teens 15 to 19
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Increasing Safety by Increasing Age Limits of Drivers Many Albertans and fellow Canadians may agree that driving is an act of responsibility and maturity. Giving out licenses to teenagers‚ who tend to make risky and thoughtless decisions‚ is something the country should considered prohibiting. Due to such careless actions‚ crash rates are much higher for younger drivers than older‚ more experienced ones. The increase in fatality for teen drivers may be highly influenced by the lack of wearing seat
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In the 1920’s there were three major car developer’s‚ Ford‚ Chrysler and General Motors. These three companies were massively producing cars using Henry Ford’s invention‚ the assembly line. The assembly line changed everything for many companies‚ it’s still even used in companies today just instead now we’ve got machines doing work for us. The mass production in cars caused the prices to drop to an affordable amount so that people could buy them‚ company owners used the fact their vehicles were being
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Running header: RAISING THE DRIVING AGE Raising the driving age Sandy COMM 215 January 2007 Raising the Driving Age Should the age to receive a driver’s license be raised and‚ if not‚ should graduated licensing be instituted? This is a growing question across America. The percentage of teenage accidents involving automobiles is on a constant rise. Whether caused by the lack of experience or under the influence of alcohol‚ death has become all too common among teen motorists. This problem
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audience will agree that the legal driving age should be changed to 18 years of age. Introduction I. The driving age should be raised to 18; people at the age of 16 are too young to handle the responsibility of driving a car. II. “The risk of crash involvement per mile driven among 16-19 year olds is 4 times the risk among older drivers.” (highwaysafety.org) III. “Risk is highest at age 16-17. In fact‚ the crash rate per mile driven is almost 3 times as high among 16 year olds as it is among 18-19
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A parent driving their kids around until they are 18 is unnecessary. That is why the driving age shouldn’t be raised. If the driving age limit is set at 16‚ then parents don’t have to stop what they are doing to bring their child to work or school. The child will also learn to be responsible at an early age. Plus‚ 16-year-olds have stricter laws when it comes to driving. If you let 16-year-olds drive‚ the parents don’t have to worry about bringing them back and forth to work or school. The child
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Driving A Manual Car When I was 14 years old‚ me and my father were heading to my grandma and grandpa’s house in one of our manual vehicles. I remember as we had left I was contemplating the idea of driving manual due to my slight curiosity of the subject and of course‚ as we had left I didn’t really get the concept of a third pedal so as all kids do I asked my dad‚ “Why do you have a third pedal?” and I remember as we went he showed me that as you press the clutch pedal it would disengage the
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